Example sentences of "mean [v-ing] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now by impartment , we mean , we mean , enabling , we mean helping the voluntary sector to be more ef effective and efficient in the use of its scarce resources . |
| 2 | ‘ I mean removing the obvious , stupid ways of doing things which grow up within a business . |
| 3 | As the Prime Minister said , ’ convergence would certainly mean bringing the European economies closer together . ’ |
| 4 | It was problematic for those institutions committed to ‘ concurrent ’ teacher education , where a Diploma might mean devoting the first two years to ‘ academic study ’ without related professional work and school experience . |
| 5 | For Hopkins as for Blackwell , feminism centrally meant bringing the private sphere of bourgeois womanhood to bear on the public world of social and moral problems . |
| 6 | It will require some things that are going to be necessary for the statutory and voluntary sectors in any case and it will mean drawing the private sector in , like a common assessment policy for all long term care . |
| 7 | Although the viewers would still see the planned number of episodes , production-wise it meant re-engaging the regular cast for an extra week 's recording : potentially expensive as contracts would need to be re-negotiated . |
| 8 | The trade deficit had to be either financed or reduced : the former course meant courting the international financial institutions with their implicit or explicit power of veto over domestic policy , while the latter meant either fiscal deflation in excess of the deflation of demand already induced by the OPEC financial surplus ( in paradoxical combination with cost-inflation ) or setting up stringent import controls . |
| 9 | But it would n't mean building the whole Store , said Nisodemus , his eyes shining like two bright black marbles . |
| 10 | Since the party was dominated by trade unions accepting it meant accepting an intricate network of loyalties rather than accepting socialism : Idealism was in fact rather less necessary , or sustaining , than loyalty within a trade-union dominated Labour Party . |
| 11 | This might mean co-opting the top Scottish clubs into a ‘ British ’ premier league — still a horrifying prospect to most Scots . |
| 12 | In the longer term it would mean adopting a local income tax . |
| 13 | Clearly ( as the employers were quick to point out ) keyboarding had nothing in common with what a man had learnt during his apprenticeship : it meant acquiring a new skill , But the men 's reluctance is still Surprising , and seems to be unique to Edinburgh . |
| 14 | Bathtime meant filling a hot tin tub from kettles . |
| 15 | The House of Lords held that in the context ‘ transferring ’ obviously meant assigning the beneficial interest and not the technical process of having a transfer registered . |
| 16 | But replacing the still popular linked rectangular sink and drainer that fit over a base unit will mean fitting a new worksurface , and perhaps even a new base unit as well — a much more difficult task . |
| 17 | It also meant living a certain philosophy . |
| 18 | English was essentially seen as concerned with the contents of " great works " and as the medium for transmitting a " broader culture " , which meant establishing a dominant role for literature . |
| 19 | Later , because of my own initiative in originating the idea , I became the first Radio Editor in Canada , which meant writing a daily column about radio programmes , stars , and networks . |
| 20 | This meant capturing the red warehouse ( 'F' ) across a bare patch of snow and some 60 yards north of the woodpile . |
| 21 | This may mean forcing the worst of them to merge with the best ; it will certainly mean a widening of China 's budget deficit . |
| 22 | This meant adding a civil commitment to his existing military one and augmenting his staff from selected members of the civilian staff at Scotland Yard . |
| 23 | This would mean re-examining the current grouping of units of production into larger enterprises , but the point is that ‘ enterprises ’ , as groupings of operating units , would be reconstructed rather than simply dismantled into small independent components . |
| 24 | Using this technique to change the constraint , for example , would mean solving the parametric problem starting with θ = 0 and terminating at θ = 1 . |
| 25 | The other part questioned whether in fact she really did want to get engaged to Harry if it meant leading a dreary life waiting for him to make his way in the world . |
| 26 | This may mean ignoring the frequent assertion by critics that in adventure stones character must be subordinate to action . |
| 27 | To transfer the first 5,626 papers that came to hand would mean ignoring the 8,907 other papers on which Paisley was placed first , and the system reasonably requires that the second preferences expressed on those papers should also be taken into account . |
| 28 | Honouring someone does not mean turning a blind eye to weakness . |
| 29 | A total refurbishment is planned for the foyer and front-of=house areas , which will mean adding a new floor level with its own bar , adding a cafe facility , improving wheelchair access , moving and expanding gallery space and refurbishing the studio . |
| 30 | I thought of my interest as being in subjects rather than individual works ; showing subjects rather than the summation of an idea made my objective clearer and that meant presenting the complete thought process . |